Online Health & Safety for Food Handlers Course
This Health and Safety course is specifically designed for food handlers wishing
to learn essential health and safety issues in the food catering, manufacturing
and retail sectors.
- Developed by Health & Safety & Food Hygiene Professionals
- High Quality Training Experience
- CPD Accredited Course
- Fully Online Training & Test, Instant Access
- High Quality Certificate - posted the next working day
Who Should Take This Health & Safety Course?
This course has been designed for workers in the food catering, manufacturing and
retail sectors willing to gain a wider knowledge of health and safety hazards in
the workplace.
This course establishes the factors that can lead to poor health and safety and
the consequences of such factors. Furthermore, the course discusses how to avoid
poor standards of health and safety and how to implement good health and safety
practice in the workplace. The course meets food industry recommendations, with
reference to employees handling food through all stages from delivery to service,
providing relevant examples regarding correct procedures in assuring a safe working
environment. The course has been developed by qualified and experienced health and
safety professionals with many years experience in the delivery of training solutions.
Certification
On successful completion of the course we will send a high quality certificate to
you through the post the next working day. This can be used to provide evidence
for compliance and audit.
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If you wish to try this course then register for a demo by clicking the button below. You will be given the option to purchase and continue with your course at the end of your demo:
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Aims of the Health & Safety Training
Health & Safety for Food Handlers aims to give employees the essential information
they need to work safely.
This course provides the necessary legal regulation regarding health and safety
laws for food handlers. It provides relevant information on how to carry out a risk
assessment and provides food business owners with practical up-to-date knowledge
on how to monitor safety procedures in the workplace and provide requisite welfare
for staff.
Content
The content of the course includes:
- Health and Safety Law – the legislation food handlers must comply with; liability
for prosecution and the role of enforcement officers.
- Ill Health and Accidents -what causes accidents at work; examples of accidents
and how they must be reported.
- Risk Assessment – why risk assessments are needed in the workplace and how
they are carried out.
- Hazardous Substances - how to identify hazardous substances and the methods
in dealing with such substances.
- Manual Handling - the injuries occurred from manual handling and controlling
the risk of injury through the use of good handling techniques.
- Noise, Stress and Violence – how these issues can impact on health and safety
in the workplace.
- Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare - the requirements in protecting health
and preventing accidents; different types of safety signs; first aid provision and
the role of first aid personnel.
- Work Equipment - how accidents can happen when using work equipment; the methods
that can be taken to prevent accidents such as the safe use of equipment and the
use of personal protective equipment.
- Electricity and Fire - the safe use of electrical equipment and fire prevention;
dealing with electrical emergencies and fires.
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Assessment
Once you have completed all of the online training material you will be able to
take the online assessment. The assessment consists of 30 multiple
choice questions with a pass mark of 75%. The answers are marked instantly
so you will know whether you have passed as soon as you finish.
If you don’t pass the assessment you can review the course material and take the
assessment again as many times as necessary at no extra charge.
Course Structure
The course is an interactive, online format. It is fully animated with high quality
graphics/animation and a full audio voice over.
Duration
To complete the course in full should take approximately 2 hours. Once you buy the
course there is no time limit on when you need to start it. There is also no time
limit for completion. You can spread the course out over several sessions or complete
it all at once, whichever fits best around your schedule.
Do You Comply With Health and Safety Regulations?
Failing to train employees in basic health and safety is an offence and may lead
to prosecution, increased civil claims, poor employee relations and poor performance
in the organisation. The course has been designed to provide users with an interactive
user friendly guide to the basic elements of health and safety in a food business,
how they can be involved in risk assessments and what to look out for at work.
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